Soap-cake



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' L. S. SAMUEL.

SOAP CAKE.

No. 393,928. Patented Dec. 4, 18 88.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD S. SAMUEL, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY.

SOAP-CAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,928, dated December4, 1888. Application filed liarcl 21, 1887. Serial No. 231,670. (Nospecimens.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD S. SAMUEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cakes of Soap, &c.; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters .of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improve -ments in soap for toilet,laundry, and other purposes, the object being toprovide a cake of soapof any ordinary composition with materials of a different nature havingmedicinal properties.

The invention consists in an improved cake of soap having thearrangements and combinations of parts. substantially as will behereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figures 1 and 2 areperspective views of the improved article. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken longitudinally therethrough. Fig. 4 is a plan of the sectionforming a part of said cake. Fig. 5 is a plan showinga modification ofthe construction of certain receptacles in' said cake, and Fig. 6 is asectional view taken through lineac of Fig. 5. t V

In said drawings, a a indicate sections, which, taken together, form acake of soap.

These are provided with a series of receptacles, b, which extend partlytherethrough. Said receptacles may be of any shape or size,

'though I prefer to have them longitudinally oblong, as indicated inFigs. 5 and 6. \Vhen the sections are placed together in the mannerindicated in Fig. 3, the receptacles do not appear to view, the openingsbeing only on the inner side of the said sections, as shown. Saidsections are held together by suitable bands, 0, preferably of rubber,and are inclosed by a wrapper, (I, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, one end ofthe cake being exposed to allow the same to be used without removing theor other forms of wrapper is applied to the cake the whole may be dippedin a waterproof materialsuch as resin, varnish, or wax-to more perfectlyprotect the soap.

Vithin the receptacles Z) are placed materials differing from the bodyof the soap. These materials may be soap impregnated with medicine orwith materials that enhance the cleansing properties of the soap, orwith materials that are otherwise useful in connection with the soap inits action in cleansing or in healing. Said receptacles, for example,may be filled with preparations of Vaseline, sulphur, tar, or otherwell-known materials hav ing medicinal properties other than are commonto soap.

By introducing or interposing the medicinal compound between or withinthe soap portions of the cake I am enabled to apply the same to theperson in limited quantities well diffused, and in many cases the saidcompound,which would otherwise be affected by the soap were it mixedtherewith, is kept in proper condition for medicinal service by bein gdistinct from the soap, as will be evident.

By having the openings of the receptacles in opposite sections towardthe interior of the cake, as shown, the medicinal material, for example,in the form of powders or other forms in which they would be apt todisconnect themselves from the cake, are prevented from escaping, andare only exposed to the influences of the atmosphere as the cake wearsaway.

The walls of the receptacles may be lined or coated before being filledto prevent the material of the body of the cake from affect ing thefilling material.

The wrapper being open at one end, while it allows the cake to be used,prevents waste, and enables the persons employing the cake to do sowithout soiling their fingers-a feature desirable under somecircumstances.

. While I prefer to form the body of the soap from a material commonlyknown as soap, I may under some circumstances form it from othermaterial, such as laundry-wax, which allows of being worn away by usageafter the manner of soap.

I am aware that cakes of soap have been recessed by means of suitablemolds, and into the recesses thus formed soap of another color has beeninserted, the inserted soap having the outline of letters, &c., whichappeared to view in the finished cake.

'In my improvements the receptacles are filled with medicaments otherthan soap, or the filling may be soap having the medicament incorporatedwith it, so that the nature and effect of the filling will materiallyditt'er from the nature and effect of ordinary soap.

I am aware that cakes of soap have been filled in with wooden blocks tokeep the cake in shape, to prevent waste, and for other purposes, andthat metallic boxes have also been inserted in cakes to receive and holdperfume therein. ment I do not claim herein. In my improvement themedicated filling is more of the nature of the soap, in that itdisintegrates, dissolves, or wears away with the cake as it is used,supplying the medicament gradually to the part being washed or cleansedin limited quantities, and not presenting any hard substance-such aswood or metalto the hand. The receptacle referred to is not of anyforeign substance, but is a chamber formed by the walls of soap.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Such aconstruction and arrange l. A cake oi soap made in sections comprisingsoap and a medicament other than soap, which said medicament hasproperties foreign to soap, and said medicament being soluble ordisintegrable in water, said parts being arranged and combinedsubstantially as and for the purposes set. forth.

2. A cake of soap having sections with receptacles on the inside filledwith materials other than soap, the said sections being held together bya band, said parts being arranged and combined substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

3. The combination of soap sections 0 a, provided on their inner sideswith receptacles filled with materials (littering from the body of thesoap, substantiall as and for the purposes set forth.

I. A cake consisting of soap sections (,1 (z and an interposedmedicament embodying materials other than soap, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

The improved cake of soap herein described, combining therein sectionsprovided with receptacles on their inner sides fillcd with medicinalmaterial, said sections being inclosed in a wrapper open at one end andheld by a band, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day of March, 1887.

'LEOIOLD S. SAMUEL.

Witnesses:

(HARLES ll. IELL, O L-XR A. MICHEL.

